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Pelles Sharon
Pelles Sharon
22 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Pelles Sharon

22 years of experience
Dr. Doctor Pelles Sharon is a distinguished oncologist with expertise in various cancer treatments. Her contributions to clinical research include a study on oncologic patients' understanding and attitudes towards clinical trials.Read more
Strauss Ido
Strauss Ido
26 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Strauss Ido

26 years of experience
Dr. Strauss Ido is a renowned neurosurgeon with 23 years of experience, specializing in Neurology & Neurosurgery. He is proficient in a variety of procedures such as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Treatment of Parkinson's Disease, Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, Surgery of Epilepsy, and several types of brain surgeries. Dr. Strauss has also contributed significantly to the field of neurosurgery through his published research.Read more
Surgical treatment of epilepsy
Surgical treatment of epilepsy
Surgical treatment of epilepsy
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Surgical treatment of epilepsy
Surgical treatment of epilepsy
Surgical treatment of epilepsy
David Sarid
David Sarid
37 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

David Sarid

37 years of experience

accreditations:

The European Society for Medical Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology
The Israeli Medical Association

Dr. David Sarid is a specialist in oncology and radiotherapy based in Israel with expertise in chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and biological cancer therapy. He has been educated in the UK, Israel, and Georgia and has written over 30 articles devoted to cancer treatment. He is a lecturer at Tel Aviv University and a member of several medical organizations.

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Ofer Merimsky
Ofer Merimsky
40 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ofer Merimsky

40 years of experience

accreditations:

Society of oncologists and radiotherapists Israel
American Scientific Cancer Society
European scientific medical organization
European Society of Oncology of the musculoskeletal sy

Dr. Ofer Merimsly is the best sarcoma, lymphoma, and lung cancer doctor within Israel and in the world. Also specializes in Whipple surgery treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. Head of the National Center for sarcomas of bone and soft tissues of the Tel Aviv Medical Center Sourasky (Ichilov).

Specialty:

  • Treatment of all types of lung cancer and thoracic organs
  • Treatment of all types of sarcomas of bone and soft tissue
  • Treatment stromal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract

Education and specialization:

  • Higher medical education, graduated the Medical Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Residency in General Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Training in the field of radiotherapy and brachytherapy at New York Hospital, USA
  • Special refresher course for the treatment of tumors of the skeleton and soft tissues, Paris. France

Membership:

  • President of the Society of oncologists and radiotherapists Israel
  • The American Scientific Cancer Society
  • European scientific medical organization
  • European Society of Oncology of the musculoskeletal sy
  • International Society for the treatment of tumors of the connective tissue
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Tamar Sapra
Tamar Sapra
38 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Tamar Sapra

38 years of experience
Dr. Tamar Sapra is an expert in the treatment of oncological diseases with 30 years of practice, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases of the female ctive organs, oncohematology, radiotherapy. The main activity of the doctor is aimed at identifying and treating gynecological oncological diseases, malignant tumors of such organs as the ovaries, cervix or body of the uterus, vagina, breast, etc.Read more
Nadir Arber
Nadir Arber
43 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Nadir Arber

43 years of experience

accreditations:

The American Association for Cancer Research
The American Gastroenterological Association
The European Association for Cancer Research
The European Society of Digestive Oncology

Prof. Nadir Arber is a top gastroenterologist from Israel with over 30 years of experience in the field. He is specialized in the prevention, early diagnostics, and treatment of GI cancers, with education from Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and NewYork-Presbyterian Center. He has written over 300 papers on his research and is a member of numerous organizations in the field.

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Ami Amit
Ami Amit
41 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ami Amit

41 years of experience

accreditations:

Asia-Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology
Padma Shri Award

Dr. Praveen Chandra is a highly esteemed cardiologist and Chairman of Interventional Cardiology at Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, India. He has been awarded the prestigious Padma Shri Award for his exemplary work in the field of Medicine. He is proficient in a lot of new devices and technologies, and has published over 100 articles, reviews and abstracts in various national and international journals.

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Ron Arbel
Ron Arbel
41 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ron Arbel

41 years of experience

accreditations:

The Arthroscopy Association of North America
The European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations

Doctor Ron Arbel is an experienced and highly-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine and innovative cartilage treatment and regeneration techniques. He is an expert in arthroscopic techniques, therapy, tendon damage and joint replacements. He has held positions as the head of the orthopedic department at Ichilov Medical Center and senior physician at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and is a member of various medical organizations.

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Ronit El Hasid
Ronit El Hasid
37 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ronit El Hasid

37 years of experience

Dr. Ronit El Hasid is the Head of Pediatric Oncohematology and Oncology at Dana Dwek Children’s Hospital (Sourasky). She specializes in and umbilical blood transplantation and has conducted over 300 transplantations and published 50 papers and 40 reports. She is a member of American Association for Hematology and Israeli Society for Pediatric Hematooncology, and has previously practiced in the City of Hope Hospital (Los-Angeles) and other medical centers in Israel.

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Oscar Aballay
Oscar Aballay
41 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Oscar Aballay

41 years of experience

Dr. Oscar Aballay is a board-certified physician with over 20 years of experience specializing in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Critical Care Medicine. He is fluent in Spanish and English and provides comprehensive care for a wide range of illnesses and conditions.

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Yossefovitz Ofer
Yossefovitz Ofer
31 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Yossefovitz Ofer

31 years of experience

Prof. Ofer Yossefovitz is a highly experienced Laparoscopic Urological Surgeon of Israel with expertise in Oncological Urology, Urologic Surgery, and Robotic Surgery. He has completed a Doctor of Medicine degree and has had research fellowships at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He has more than 25 years of experience in clinical practice, has published numerous research papers, and is a Senior Lecturer at Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He is a member of various medical organizations.

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Ron Ram
Ron Ram
23 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ron Ram

23 years of experience
Dr. Ron Ram is a distinguished physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. His expertise includes performing numerous transplants. He is also a significant contributor to medical literature with over 30 articles published in scientific journals and a chapter in a medical textbook.Read more
Guy Lahat
Guy Lahat
26 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Guy Lahat

26 years of experience
Dr. Guy Lahat MD is a distinguished surgical oncologist with over 21 years of experience. He is affiliated with several professional societies and has been awarded the Connie & Jim Walter Fellowship in Sarcoma Research. His research is primarily focused on the molecular basis of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) tumors and gastrointestinal malignancies, specifically the interactions between the tumor and its microenvironment in cancer progression and metastasis.Read more
Veronika Chernuha
Veronika Chernuha
30 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Veronika Chernuha

30 years of experience
Dr. Veronika Chernuha is a neurologist and pediatrician with over 25 years of experience, specializing in pediatric neurology, epilepsy, and neurogenic diseases. She has significant expertise in treating neurologic patients, especially after neurosurgical interventions, and is known for her work in areas such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery and surgical treatment of epilepsy.Read more
Ido Wolf
Ido Wolf
33 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ido Wolf

33 years of experience
Dr. Ido Wolf is a specialist in Oncology, Internal Medicine, and the Army Medical Units with a degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He is currently the Head of the Medical Oncology Division at Sourasky Medical Center and speaks English.Read more
Ari Raphael
Ari Raphael
25 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ari Raphael

25 years of experience

Known Expertise 

Medical Oncologist 

Academic Position 

Senior Lecturer 

Education

Bar-Ilan University, Israel / Computational Biology 

Israeli Society for Health-Tech / Fellowship by IMA/ Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Health-Tech 

Sheba Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University, Israel/ Genomics and Biomedical Informatics 

Semmelweis University/Doctor of Medicine 

Training and Specialization 

Clinical observership in acute oncology, early phase clinical trials and lung cancer/ Guy's and St. Thomas hospital, London, England 

Leader Shift, Executive Development Program, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 

Fellowship Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Health-Tech 

Resident, Medical Oncology, TASMC, Israel 

6th year medical school rotations, Kaplan Medical Center, Israel 

Rotation, intensive care unit and pulmonology, Stony Brook hospital, NY, US 

Clinical Experience 

Leader of the TASMC oncology project of PSIFAS, the Israeli National Genomic Medicine Initiative 

PI for study initiator trial: T-Cell Repertoire sequencing as clinical efficacy tool for pembrolizumab (with platinum based chemotherapy) in advanced NSCLC. 

PI for study initiator trial: T-cell repertoire sequencing as a clinically efficacy tool for neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy for resectable NSCLC. 

Representative of the National Medical Association for the National Council for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Diseases, as well as head of the oncology field, Leumit HMO 

Consultant on drugs and operations in the field of oncology, Leumit HMO 

Member of the Helsinki Committee for Clinical Studies, TASMC 

Primary investigator (PI) in pharmaceutical phases I&III clinical trials Head of oncology day-care service, TASMC, Israel 

Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) moderator of the Israeli Lung Cancer Society 

NGS interpretation clinic alongside head of pathology, TASMC, Israel 

PI for study initiator trial: Genomic Variant of BCL-2 as a Novel Predictor of Response to Paclitaxel, TASMC, Israel 

Medical oncology clinic in the field of lung and breast cancer, TASMC, Israel

Leading sub-investigator (SI) in many phase I-III clinical trials in oncology, including intra-tumoral injections (mRNA, viruses and NO), TASMC, Israel 

Courses 

Good Clinical Practice ICH GCP R2 & Israeli MOH Guidelines Updated Course 

Point-of-Care Ultrasound course, Israeli Medical Association 

GCP training Bioforum 

GCP training Bioforum

Investigator Site Personnel ICH GCP Training Certificate - TransCelerate BioPharma 

Academic Experience 

Lecturer in the Department of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University 

JIMS Journal Club - Instructor for students. 

Guidance of Dr. Aviv Berkovich M.D in basic science: cfDNA NGS for identification ofprimary and acquired resistance in patients with Lung Cancer and EGFR mutations. 

TASMC, Israel in collaboration with The Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY USA 

Training team for oncology residents, TASMC, Israel 

Mentor for new intern, TASMC, Israel 

Tutor for medical students in oncology clerkships, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 

Honors 

Outstanding teacher in the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

 Outstanding teacher in the faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 

Sign of honor for reserve medical personnel for the battle in Lebanon, IDF

Completion of residency final examination (shlav Beit) with honors 

Israeli society for clinical oncology and radiation therapy (ISCORT) 17 research grant competition winner 

Affiliations 

Israeli Medical Association (IMA) 

Israeli Society for Clinical Oncology and Radiation Therapy (ISCORT) 

The Israeli Lung Cancer Group (ILCG) 

European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) 

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 

The International Society of Liquid Biopsy (ISLB) 

The Israeli Society for Health-Tech 

Boards 

Co-founder, board member and treasurer of the Israeli Acute Oncology Society 

Clinical Research Association Board of Directors on behalf of the Israeli Lung Cancer Group 

Member of the Trustees of Oncology Innovation, TASMC, Israel 

Doctor of Medical Service IDF 

Areas of interest 

Thoracic malignancies, 

early to late phase clinical trials, 

intra-tumoral injections, 

comprehensive genomic profiling of tumors, 

liquid biopsies: cfDNA, TCR rep-seq and epi-Genetics; 

therapy

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Professor Shimon Rochkind
Professor Shimon Rochkind
46 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Professor Shimon Rochkind

46 years of experience

accreditations:

World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

Professor Shimon Rohkind MD is an experienced neurosurgeon and pediatric neurosurgeon with over 35 years of practice. He is an expert in neurosurgery, spinal surgery, and peripheral nerve microsurgery, and he uses modern laser and bioengineering technologies to perform the most complex operations with minimal risk of complications. He is also involved in scientific research and is a member of the Israeli Society of Laser Neurotechnologies and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.

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Aviva Fatal-valevsky
Aviva Fatal-valevsky
46 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Aviva Fatal-valevsky

46 years of experience

accreditations:

Israel Medical Association
European Paediatric Neurology Society
Israeli Pediatric Neurology Society

Aviva Fattal-Valevski is an experienced neurologist specializing in the treatment of brain neurogenetic disorders in children. She has been in the field since 1993 and has held various positions at the Sourasky Medical Center since then. She is a member of various medical organizations, such as the Israel Medical Association, the Israel Society of Clinical Pediatrics, and the European Paediatric Neurology Society.

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Ron Greenberg
Ron Greenberg
34 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Ron Greenberg

34 years of experience
Dr. Ron Greenberg is an experienced abdominal surgeon with over 20 years of experience, specializing in open and minimally invasive and Whipple surgery. He is the Head of the Colorectal Surgery Department at Sourasky Medical Center.Read more
Faran Dafna
Faran Dafna
33 years of experience
4.4
146 reviews
Israel, Tel Aviv
Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Faran Dafna

33 years of experience

Education

Medical School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Specialization

Internal Medicine

Recognized experience

  • Internal Medicine
  • Rheumatology

Additional education

  • Lupus Unit, Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London
  • Department of Rheumatology and Lupus Clinic, University College London

Clinical experience

  • Since 1992 - specialist in internal medicine.
  • Since 1994 - rheumatologist with specialization and interest in the treatment of lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.

Academic experience

Senior Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Professional publications

  • About 58 scientific publications
  • About 31 reports at scientific conferences

Trade union membership

  • Israeli Association of Rheumatologists
  • American College of Rheumatology

Areas of special interest and activities

Diagnosis, treatment and research in the field of lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.

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